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Centered on her, the space within a ten-foot radius suddenly distorted! A powerful demonic force field instantly formed! This was not a simple suppression of true energy, but rather the use of the extremely yin, soft, and abundant demonic true energy to create the illusion of spatial collapse and gravitational disturbance! Those within it would feel as if they were trapped in a viscous swamp, with nowhere to gain leverage, their true energy flowing sluggishly, and even their sense of direction would be disoriented, causing extreme discomfort! This was precisely one of the most core mysteries of the Heavenly Demonic Art!

The mother and daughter, Shan Meixian and Zhu Yuyan, suddenly felt their breath catch in their throats, as if the surrounding air had turned into heavy lead. Their bodies uncontrollably wanted to lean towards Zhu Yuyan, and their internal energy circulation became sluggish. Fear appeared in their eyes.

However, Yi Huawei, who was at the core of the force field, remained as upright as a pine tree. His moon-white robe fluttered slightly in the distorted force field, but he did not look disheveled at all. There was even a faint smile on his lips.

"Empress Yin, what use are such tricks to me?"

The Northern Darkness Divine Art within his body had already reached its peak, and his acupoints were like invisible vortexes, each forming its own world! The vast vitality brought by the Longevity Technique made his blood and qi as if they were in a furnace, impervious to all evil! This Heavenly Demon Force Field, which would give even a Grandmaster a headache, was nothing more than a gentle breeze to him! The illusion of spatial collapse was child's play in the face of his unparalleled spiritual perception and his foundation as solid as the sea!

What drove Zhu Yuyan to despair even more was that she simultaneously unleashed the Heavenly Demon Charm Technique, ingrained in her very being! With a flicker of her gaze, a galaxy seemed to flicker and vanish deep within her purple pupils, her bewitching and soul-stirring magic reaching its peak! This was not an illusion, but the most powerful allure combining spiritual energy and the magnetic field of life, directly targeting the deepest desires of the human heart, enough to make even a resolute high monk lose his composure!
But when her gaze met Yi Huawei's eyes, which were as deep as the starry sky and as calm as an ancient well, all she felt was a vast and boundless void and absolute clarity!

A clear and bright mind! The highest state of mind at Cihang Jingzhai!
A stroll among the flowers has a mental and immune-boosting effect!

Having experienced the reigns of two emperors across several worlds and centuries of ups and downs, Yi Huawei's will was already as firm as a rock, impervious to all evil! Zhu Yuyan's bewitching charm was like a pebble thrown into the ocean in his eyes, not even causing a ripple!
"you……!"

Zhu Yuyan completely lost her composure, and for the first time, true fear appeared in her purple eyes! Her swordsmanship was broken, her true energy was suppressed, her force field was ineffective, and even her most prized charm technique was like a stone thrown into the sea! In her decades of dominating the world, she had never encountered such a bizarre and powerful enemy! Her opponent seemed to be the natural nemesis of all her methods!

An unprecedented sense of humiliation and despair surged into my heart, followed by a frenzied madness of mutual destruction!
"Good! Good! Good!!"

Zhu Yuyan exclaimed "Good!" three times in quick succession, her voice shrill and tinged with a hint of hysterical madness. Purple light instantly ignited in her eyes, and her Heavenly Demon True Qi was frantically compressed and condensed around her! Her deep purple dress fluttered wildly, and the ship's deck beneath her feet began to crack inch by inch! A destructive, soul-chilling aura erupted from her!
Both jade and stone will be destroyed!

This was her last trump card, a detonation of all her life essence and the compressed Heavenly Demon True Qi to its limit, a deadly move to perish together with her enemy! She would use her life to wash away this unprecedented humiliation!
"Mother, no!"

Shan Meixian screamed shrilly, recognizing the terrifying omen of mutual destruction!
"Grandmother!" Shan Wanjing was also frightened and her face turned pale.

Yi Huawei's eyes narrowed, and for the first time, a serious expression appeared on his face. It wasn't that he was afraid of the power of this move, but rather that he was impressed by Zhu Yuyan's current madness.

"Stubborn!"

Yi Huawei's voice was like a thunderclap from the heavens, carrying a power that shook the very soul. He would no longer hold back!

"Buzz!"

An indescribable sword intent suddenly surged from his body! It was not a physical sword aura, but a manifestation of the "Dao"! Heaven and earth, all things, the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and peaks, all seemed to transform into his sword at this moment! A vast, boundless, all-encompassing, and incomparably sharp sword Dao intent instantly enveloped the entire West Lake!

The Sword Intent of Solitude! It shatters all laws!
Under the shroud of this sword intent that transcends all things, Zhu Yuyan's frantically condensing, about-to-explode destructive energy was frozen in place for a moment! It was as if even destruction itself had lost its meaning in the face of this supreme sword intent!

At this critical moment, Yi Huawei appeared in front of Zhu Yuyan as if by teleportation. His movements were faster than the eye could see. He spread his right hand, palm down, and gently pressed on the Baihui acupoint on the top of Zhu Yuyan's head.

This press, devoid of any earthly tangible force, contains the profound meaning of the "Northern Darkness Divine Art"—the ability to devour the vast ocean—and incorporates the exquisite control of the power of life and death from the "Life and Death from the Mind" technique!
"seal up!"

An archaic syllable escaped from Yi Huawei's lips.

An overwhelming yet exquisitely refined force, like a net of heaven and earth, instantly invaded Zhu Yuyan's body, precisely locking onto all the nodes of her Heavenly Demon True Qi that were frantically circulating and attempting to explode, as well as her boiling and burning essence blood!

Zhu Yuyan felt a sudden numbness throughout her body, as if she had been instantly imprisoned by invisible shackles! The destructive power that had been condensed to its peak and was about to erupt was forcibly pressed back into her body by an invisible hand, and firmly sealed by chains of incomparably tough true energy that carried the meaning of life and death! All her power, including her mad will, was completely suppressed and frozen under this press!
The frenzied purple light in her eyes quickly dimmed, replaced by endless horror and... bewilderment. She maintained her final, frenzied posture, yet she was as if frozen in place, unable to move, only able to watch helplessly as Yi Huawei stood so close, feeling the terrifying power emanating from his palm that could control her life and death.

The painted boat was deathly silent.

The only sounds were the lake breeze rustling the water and the rapid breathing of Shan Meixian and her daughter.

Zhu Yuyan, the Demonic Sect's Queen of Darkness, a peerless powerhouse who had shaken the world for decades, was utterly and effortlessly suppressed by Yi Huawei in terms of swordsmanship, true energy, force field, charm, and even his final desperate strike.
Yi Huawei slowly withdrew his hand, stood with his hands behind his back, his moon-white robe spotless, calmly looking at Zhu Yuyan, who was unable to move and whose eyes were unfocused, and said indifferently:
"Now, is the Queen of the Underworld credible? The shackles are within oneself, not from external forces. The path to survival through the Demonic Sect is not an empty promise."

Zhu Yuyan maintained her final, frantic push, as if frozen in place, unable to move. She could only watch helplessly as Yi Huawei stood close at hand, feeling the terrifying power emanating from his palm—a power capable of controlling her life and death. That will, vast as a starry sea and as cold as ancient ice, was clearly imprinted on her senses through the sealing power—it was the true will of an emperor who viewed all living beings as ants! All her pride, all her madness, seemed so laughable and pale before this absolute power and will.

A deathly silence fell over the painted boat. The only sounds were the lake breeze rustling the water and the rapid, suppressed breathing of Shan Meixian and her daughter.

Looking at her mother's unprecedentedly frozen and desperate figure, and the glaring blood at the corner of her mouth, Shan Meixian felt her heart breaking. Fear, worry, awe of Yi Huawei's unfathomable power, and complex emotions for her mother instantly overwhelmed her reason. "Young Master! Please, have mercy!"

Dan Meixian cried out in anguish, no longer caring about her composure, and knelt down in front of Yi Huawei with a thud, tears streaming down her face: "Mother... she was only in a fit of anger, she had no intention of offending your divine might! Please, young master, spare her life, for she... for the years she has been trapped by her obsession and suffered mental anguish! I... I am willing to take the blame in my mother's place, and I will submit to your judgment!"

Her voice choked with sobs, and her forehead slammed heavily against the deck with a dull thud.

Shan Wanjing was also frightened by her mother's actions. Her face turned pale, and she wanted to kneel down as well, but she was unable to move because of the heavy atmosphere in front of her.

Yi Huawei stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze sweeping over the kneeling, pleading Shan Meixian before settling back on Zhu Yuyan, who was completely imprisoned, her eyes unfocused and vacant. This Demonic Empress was now like a caged beast stripped of all its fangs and claws, leaving only a beautiful but empty shell. The Heavenly Demon True Qi forcibly suppressed within her body remained violently chaotic under the seal, her meridians damaged, her essence and blood depleted. Even more serious was the deep-seated, bone-chilling shackle of her inner demons, twisted even more by despair and madness.

A thought began to swirl in Yi Huawei's mind.

Kill her? Easier said than done, but the Demonic Sect's consolidation plan would lose a key piece, and the Shan Meixian connection might be severed. Let her go? Given Zhu Yuyan's obsession and the humiliation she suffered today, she would undoubtedly become a major threat in the future, and could even disrupt his plans for the Demonic Sect.

"The shackles are on oneself..."

As Yi Huawei looked at the chaotic and turbulent Heavenly Demon True Qi within Zhu Yuyan's body, which was like raging lava due to the failure of the "Jade and Stone to Destroy Each Other" technique, and at her spiritual core, which was on the verge of collapse due to the backlash from her inner demons, an idea suddenly came to mind.

Rather than letting her leave with this hidden danger and overwhelming hatred, it's better to... eliminate the threat at its root!
"That's fine."

Yi Huawei's voice broke the silence, so calm that no emotion could be discerned: "Since the lady has pleaded for her life, I will grant her a glimmer of hope, and also... a glimmer of hope for the Demonic Sect."

Before he finished speaking, without moving, the imprisoned Zhu Yuyan was drawn by an invisible force and slowly sat down cross-legged, her posture stiff. Yi Huawei raised his hand again. This time, his palm did not contain sealing power, but was placed lightly three inches above the Baihui acupoint on the top of Zhu Yuyan's head.

A completely different power, like a gentle stream or a vast galaxy, carrying an indescribable vitality and a profound understanding of the essence of all things, poured down from his palm, gently yet domineeringly surging into Zhu Yuyan's crown chakra!

Birth and death are determined by the mind! But this time, what is at work is not destruction and suppression, but... the creation of life!

This power was pure and vast to the extreme, yet it also carried Yi Huawei's martial will, honed through trials and tribulations and already perfected. Like the most skilled healer, or the creator who controls life and death, it probed into Zhu Yuyan's chaotic meridians and dantian with unparalleled precision.

In an instant, the raging demonic energy within Zhu Yuyan's body, which had been wreaking havoc due to the backlash from the mutual destruction of jade and stone, was forcibly regulated and restrained by this foreign yet more advanced power! The chaotic torrent was guided, the violent energy was soothed, and the damaged and torn meridians, nourished by this power containing immense vitality, were repaired, widened, and became more resilient at a speed visible to the naked eye!
But this is just the beginning!
Yi Huawei's goal is the inner demon shackles that have plagued Zhu Yuyan for decades, trapping her before she reaches the threshold of the Grandmaster level, and the seventeenth peak that symbolizes the ultimate barrier of the "Heavenly Demon Great Art"!
His spiritual will, like an invisible divine finger, boldly entered the depths of Zhu Yuyan's sea of ​​consciousness along with that pure power!
There, a purple, chaotic storm twisted by resentment, unwillingness, madness, and despair! At the eye of the storm, one could vaguely see Shi Zhixuan's cold face, Bi Xiuxin's gentle figure, and the wails of countless enemies she had personally slain... This was the embodiment of her inner demons!
"Disperse!"

Yi Huawei's will issued a silent decree within Zhu Yuyan's sea of ​​consciousness. There was no unnecessary entanglement, no mental struggle, only an absolute crushing on the level of power and will! That vast will, containing imperial majesty, refined over a century, and already "clear in its sword heart," descended like a blazing sun!
scoff!

The inner demons that had lingered for decades were rapidly dissipated and crumbled under the impact of this supremely yang and righteous, yet all-encompassing will, like ice and snow melting under the blazing sun, emitting a piercing sound! Those distorted illusions screamed as they shattered and vanished!
At the same time, Yi Huawei's power of "birth and death determined by the mind," like the most skilled craftsman, began to reshape the trajectory of the true energy within Zhu Yuyan's body. He didn't directly infuse her with power, but rather, with his supreme wisdom and profound understanding of the essence of the *Heavenly Demon Great Art* (combining the mysteries of the Flower Garden, the Heaven-Mending Technique, and even the Undying Seal Technique of Shi Zhixuan), he forcefully deduced and guided Zhu Yuyan's own Heavenly Demon True Energy towards the profound and mysterious eighteenth ultimate barrier—a barrier symbolizing "the extreme of yang gives rise to yin, and yin reaches its limitless state"!

Boom!

A silent thunderclap seemed to resound within Zhu Yuyan's body! The pure Heavenly Demon True Qi, which Yi Huawei had forcibly refined and condensed to its extreme, under the guidance of the power of "birth and death from the heart," fiercely broke through that invisible, solid ultimate bottleneck, as solid as a sighing wall!
The Eighteenth Level of the Heavenly Demon Technique!

An indescribable, profound, vast, yet perfectly harmonious aura suddenly erupted from Zhu Yuyan! Her previously paper-white face instantly turned rosy, and a warm, jade-like luster flowed beneath her skin, containing boundless inner power. Her pores seemed to breathe, naturally drawing upon the purest yin energy of heaven and earth, forming an invisible, perfect cycle. The destructive frenzy brought on by the forced breakthrough vanished completely, replaced by a profound, serene, and all-encompassing power!

At this moment, the shackles of obsession that had plagued her for decades were forcibly severed, and the highest realm of martial arts she had longed for was pushed to her by external force!
however……

Just as Zhu Yuyan's inner demons dissipated and her consciousness was about to reawaken due to the breakthrough, the vast will that descended like a blazing sun, helping her slay her inner demons and rebuild her true energy, did not completely fade away. Like an invisible brand, a supreme mark, it was deeply and indelibly engraved in the core and most fundamental part of Zhu Yuyan's consciousness!

The shape of that brand was not words, but a state of mind—the imperial majesty that overlooks all living beings and controls life and death; the supreme martial arts that understands all things and controls birth and death; the vast vision that "water can carry a boat"! It silently merged into the spiritual origin of Zhu Yuyan's rebirth, becoming an eternal mark in the depths of her soul, carrying a sense of awe and submission!

This is a "traces" left by Yi Huawei's power and will during the guidance process, due to its excessive strength and purity. It is a "spiritual imprint" that he himself did not intentionally create, but formed by chance!
hum...

Yi Huawei withdrew his hand, standing with his hands behind his back as if he had only done a trivial matter. Sensing the formation of the mark, his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, then relaxed again.

This wasn't his intention, but... it wasn't a big deal, and perhaps it was even easier to control. (End of Chapter)